The fifth episode of the SquaMates podcast—with cool new papers, and a special surprise. The show is hosted by Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan Kocak, and this week we’re joined by guest host, #HERper Helen Plylar!

In this fifth episode, we talk about amphibian genome size evolution, the speciation of dusky salamanders (Desmognathus), and the Great Anolis Debate. We talk with Helen about her experience as a #HERper, and our main topic of discussion is her research on heat ‘vision’ in snakes.

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Liedtke, H.C., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M. & Gomez-Mestre, I. (in press) Macroevolutionary shift in the size of amphibian genomes and the role of life history and climate. Nature Ecology & Evolution.10.1038/s41559-018-0674-4

Amado, T.F., Bidau, C.J. & Olalla-Tárraga, M.Á. (in press) Geographic variation of body size in New World anurans: energy and water in a balance. Ecography.10.1111/ecog.03889 — check out @amadotalita on twitter!

The great Anolis debate:

Nicholson, K.E., Crother, B.I., Guyer, C. & Savage, J.M. (2018) Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa, 4461, 573-586. 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.4.7